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2 Click View License Agreement in the Options list.
3 Click OK.
Clone a vApp
Cloning a vApp is similar to cloning a virtual machine. When you clone a vApp, you clone all virtual
machines and vApps in the vApp.
Prerequisites
When you clone a vApp, you can add the clone to a folder, standalone host, resource pool, cluster
enabled for DRS, or another vApp.
Verify that one of those objects is available in your datacenter.
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A standalone host that is running ESX 3.0 or greater.
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A cluster enabled for DRS is selected.
Procedure
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Navigate to a DRS-enabled cluster and click the Create a new vApp icon ( ).
2 Select Clone an existing vApp.
3 Expand the inventory, select an existing vApp to clone, and click Next.
4 Select a valid host, vApp, or resource pool in which to run the vApp, and click Next
5 In the vApp Name text box, type a name for the vApp.
6 Select the datacenter or folder in which to deploy the vApp and click Next.
7 Select the virtual disk format and the target datastore and click Next.
8 Select the network for the cloned vApp and click Next.
9 Review the vApp settings and click Finish.
Perform vApp Power Operations
One of the advantages of a vApp is that you can perform power operations on all virtual machines it
contains at the same time.
Power on a vApp
You can power on a vApp to power on all its virtual machines and child vApps. Virtual machines are
powered on according to the startup order configuration.
When powering on a vApp within a DRS cluster in manual mode, no DRS recommendations are
generated for virtual machine placements. The power-on operation performs as if DRS is run in a
semiautomatic or automatic mode for the initial placements of the virtual machines. This does not affect
vMotion recommendations. Recommendations for individual powering on and powering off of virtual
machines are also generated for vApps that are running.
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